Table 20

Annual Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs for

Other Adults Living in Household in Sedgwick County, 2001

 

Estimated out of pocket costs

Physician office / clinic visit

Prescription Medicine

Emergency Department bills

 

Percent

Percent

Percent

Less than $500

66.9

64.8

64.1

$500 - $1,500

2.1

4.3

0.2

More than $1,500

1.5

1.5

0.5

Don’t know / No response

4.1

5.1

10.5

No other adults living in household

25.3

24.3

24.7

Total

100

100

100

Source: Sedgwick County Community Health Assessment, Telephone Survey, 2001.   (excluding health insurance premiums) N=608